President Trump
Donald John Trump Seattle police declare riots amid ongoing protests. Brazilian Bolsonaro says he tested positive for coronavirus. The Reagan Foundation asks the Trump campaign, RNC, to stop using the former president’s name to raise money. PLUS It lashed out at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute on Sunday after a report calling for the Trump campaign to stop using President Reagan’s name and image to raise funds.
The president made the comments in a tweet that was also shared by a post that notes that the president of the Reagan Foundation, Frederick J. Ryan, Jr., is the editor and CEO of The Washington Post. In his tweet, Trump also hit Fox News for recent polls that have shown him behind his Democratic presidential rival. Joe Biden
Joe Biden Republican Senators call for stimulus checks on nearly 2 million excluded Americans Biden organizers say the campaign is ‘suppressing the Hispanic vote’ in Florida, mistreating Harris staff seen as Biden’s favorite vice president as a watch. PLUS.
“So the Washington Post runs the Reagan Foundation and RINO Paul Ryan
Paul Davis Ryan The memo: Trump’s grip on the Republican Party loosens as polls sink Ryan warned that Trump was losing key voters in Wisconsin, other states: NYT Bush, Romney will not support Trump’s reelection: NYT MORE he’s on the Fox Board, which has been terrible. We’ll win anyway, even with the fake ones @Fox News law enforcement surveys (which have been very bad for 5 years). “Trump published.
So the Washington Post runs the Reagan Foundation, and RINO Paul Ryan is on the Fox Board, which has been terrible. We’ll win anyway, even with the fake @FoxNews suppression polls (which have been very wrong for 5 years)! https://t.co/fOi3AROxuz
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 26, 2020
The tweet came after the Post first reported that the foundation had asked Trump’s re-election campaign and the Republican National Committee (RNC) to stop using Reagan’s name and image.
The organization made its request last week after the Trump campaign had sent an email requesting a donation of $ 45 or more to enter to receive a “limited edition” set of two gold-colored coins that had images of Trump and Reagan.
Reagan Foundation director of marketing Melissa Giller told The Hill on Saturday that the RNC had used Reagan’s image “without our consent” even though the foundation owns the rights.
Michael Ahrens, the RNCs communications director told The Hill that the foundation had “recently He welcomed the Trump family to raise money for his organization and has not objected to our using President Reagan’s image before. “But he said the RNC will stop” e-mailing this fundraising request as a courtesy. ”
Trump has repeatedly criticized Fox News polls in recent weeks if they have shown him behind Biden in the presidential race.
Last week, Fox News Polls He found the president behind Biden by 9 percentage points in Michigan and 11 percentage points in Pennsylvania. Trump won both states in the 2016 election.
Trump called the Fox News polls showing him behind Biden “false” in an interview on “Fox News Sunday” last week, comparing them to the 2016 polls, most of which predicted he would lose the Election College and the popular vote.
The Hill has contacted the Reagan Foundation and Fox News for comment.
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